Chapter 140

“Who is it?” Ava whispered as she peeked through the window,

She sull couldn’t see anything, but there was someone there

“Stay back from the window. And I don’t know why you’re whispering: they can hear you.”

Mr Patrick was calm as he sat on the floor, his eyes closed, meditating. But he had been scared when he’d called her back of sheer panic that had made her realise what a dangerous situation she was in.

“I wasn’t scared.”

That was a lie. She could feel that, too.

She’d felt

it-

– moment

“What?”

Why was he thinking about that and not that

that they could b

be attacked at any minute, but Zeke and her father were not there to protect them?!

Mr Patrick opened his eyes and looked at her with open fascination.

“What else can you feel?” he asked.

“If you close your eyes and focus, can you sense them in the woods?” he asked.

Her heart hammered

“Them? What do you mean by them? How many are there?” she asked.

It wasn’t g getting attacked that was terrifying her. What if it happened again? What if she passed out, and then the next thing she would remember would be the blood on her hands?

“Empty your mind, Ava. Focus. What do you feel?”

“I feel like you’re out of your damn mind if you’re trying to make me meditate right now,” she snapped as she turned the

window again.

ones waiting to attack. But what were they waiting for? She was sure they could sense that Zeke wasn’t there. Unless they were waiting

to come so close to Zeke’s boundary.” Mr Patrick said. “But

night. I saw them in the yard,” she said, turning

ran away with their tails between

their l

legs”

Mr Patrick frowned and turned his attention to the front of the house as if he could

“What is it?”

he answered just before the doorbell

of the lounge to look at the front door. Did they think she would just open it? Why were they knocking anyway?

insistent than the first time. And then she heard

in a frath

“Don’t open it, Ava

and saw Jared. Blood poured out of his nose, and

open

WALL

his

cres that

opened the door wider, Jared fell to his knees. And behind him,

on his face, stood

Zeke’s father.

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Chapter 140

a mating present,” Alpha

Such violence outside the training centre was against the school rules, and he

of the driveway, just watching. So was it Zeke’s pack that was in the

here,” she answered, looking down at

down, not even trying to run. And there was a

man attack a boy

he’s not here. Step aside,

wasn’t going to end well. She could feel that just as much as she had felt Mr Patrick’s fear

said without looking away from

Zeke’s father snarled. “This is Blood

for the fuck of it. For the first time since she’d found out that she had a monster inside her, she wished it would come out and deal with this man. Just once, and just this man. But she pushed that thought aside

He’s right, it’s his territory,”

the

up at her. She hadn’t meant to sound so aggressive, but she knew where they could go to stay safe. The basement. It had been secure enough to hide in when the Council had come,

his feet, but Alpha

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